02-25-2019, 11:35 AM | #46 |
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Man..you design critics are tough on new design release. As I think back over my years with cars I'm almost always apprehensive and down on new model updates . Never seems to look quite as good as the last gen regardless of brand. But then I always seem to warm up to it
The ONE exception I can think of was when they radically changed the "new edge" 5th gen 99 thru 2004 Mustang to whatever they called it in 2005. I was into Mustangs (still am) and that damn thing was big, bulky and ugly IMO. Latest ones look awesome though. Sorry got off topic there.... |
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02-25-2019, 11:45 AM | #47 |
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02-25-2019, 11:47 AM | #48 |
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Shame it's not in x drive form yet. I think they should consider what they have done with the M5 where you can turn the 4 wheel drive on and off. I would get it if was X drive though.
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02-25-2019, 12:00 PM | #50 |
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Plastic for the win
I hate all the excess of cheap/glossy plastic. Look at that front grille. It looks like it's off an electric car.
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02-25-2019, 12:07 PM | #51 |
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I'm having a really hard time with these grilles.
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02-25-2019, 01:01 PM | #55 |
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Hmm idk the portimal blue doesn't really go well with black imo.
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02-25-2019, 01:12 PM | #56 |
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It's very "meh" in general terms. It's not bad, but it's not great.
I'm struggling to like the car as a whole, but what really does bring it down is those dreadful decals! Awful and very cheap looking!
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I see Darth Vader...
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Really hating the door handles with the large deep oval thingy behind it. It's so visible. Takes away from the design.
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02-25-2019, 01:35 PM | #60 |
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I'm assuming it's to lower the drag coefficient. I agree an aftermarket grille with the gaps cut out would look better, but would definitely make the very front of the car a bit less aerodynamic.
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02-25-2019, 01:59 PM | #62 |
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I owned a F30 335i & currently own a F80 M3. I would gladly take this G20 over my F30 any day. Definitely not my F80 but it gives hope that the G80 will look great.
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The E90 and F30 for me anyway are probably the worst looking 3 series cars of all time other than the M versions. The G20 at least has some character, the e90/f30 felt like overreactions to bangle on the boring side. |
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02-25-2019, 05:36 PM | #66 |
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LMAO I concur. I don’t know how many of you have seen the G20 in person - “but that grill bro” . Interior worthy, rear end, I can tolerate it as well. That damn decal is getting out of hand
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